Anthropometrics, flexibility and training history as determinants for bicycle configuration.

ABSTRACT: Intrinsic factors such as leg length, arm length, flexibility and training history are factors that may be relevant to the optimisation of the individual bicycle configuration process. Bike fitting methods do not always take all these variables into account, and as yet there have been limited studies examining how these variables can affect the cyclist's position on the bicycle. The main aims of this study were to establish how individual anthropometrics, training history and flexibility may influence cyclists' freely chosen bicycle configuration, and to determine the full-body static flexion angles chosen by cyclists on the bicycle. Fifty well-trained male cyclists were recruited for the study. A multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to predict the four main configurations

SUBMITTER: Holliday W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9219349 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature